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R. SCHUHE. BEARING PRoTECToR Foa DEEP wELL PUMPS AND THE LIKE.

APPLLCATION FILED. AUG-29| 191B.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

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INVEN TDH HUBERT SL'HRR R SCHUHE'. BEARING PROTECTOR for; DEEP WEEE PUMPS A 1,336,540.

ND THE LIKE.

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ROBERT SCHORR, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNOR T0 BYRON JACKSON IRON WORKS, INC., 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION 0F CALI- FORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.,

Application led August 29, 1918. Serial No. 251,869.

llc it known thnt I llounn'r Scuonu, u citizen ot' the lnited States, residing ut San From-inno, in the county of Sun Francisco und Stute of California, have invented new und useful Improvements in Bearing-Protectors for Deep-Well lumps und the like, oi which the following is uV specification.

Shaft bearings of machines, or of power|- trunsmission-systems, ure frequently located in fluids or other surroundings contaminated with sand, grit, or other solid nuitter, which, by finding;r its way between the shaft und the hearing sleeve,. in time ruins both, thus causinpr expensive replacements und shutdowns. A very serious instance of such occurrence is the locution of benrings in thv discharge column of deep-well turbine pumps, because u goed deul of sund is often carried by thc waiter when. lirst starting to pump n new well. For thut reason elaborate protecting cnsings for the shui't und been ings ure provided in some of the deep well pumps on the unnlret. But again, such cusq ings necessitate very careful workmanship und skill in ussemhling, und ure therforc cx iensive.

hc object of the present invention. is to provide comparatively simple und inexpensive means for protrgting bcurings from the entrance thereintn of solid inutter. Such 'bearings are preferably of self-lubricatinrv composition or of lignum-vitae. I f made. o other .material, lubricant has to be piped to nach bearing.

The fundamental idea'embodied in my in vention is to place at the ends of the bearing revolving cups, disks, or bodies, to render uniform the pressure at the boerin)r ends and in the bearing itself,`to prevent circula.- tion of water therethrough if the bearing is submerged, as is the oase in mun y pump und turbine designs. 4

The revolving caps Aor the like may be fastened to the shaft or they muy be caused to rotate by the discharging wnteucolurnn itself. It will be understood that each revolving cap will produce a lowering of pres sure at the adjacent bearing end, and if both ca nh the zone vbetween the bearingsleeve and shaft will be of uniform pressure throughout, and no circulation of writer will occur therethrough, and consequently no are of equal diameter and otherwise.

solid matter will pass to damage the hearing f or shaft.

The revolviruglr cups muy he conical or cy` lmdricul, und, if hollow either pluin inside or provided with ribs. l lain or ribbed disks cnn also be used, und it is immaterial whether the shaft is '..lisposed vertically, horizontally, or nt un incline. l

'l he revolvinlgr centrifuge] bodies may also be housed in inrlosures provided at the ends of the bearing. In the accompanying drawing, Figur-e1 1s u central longitudinal section through a deep well turbine pump having bearings equipped with my improvements; Fig. 2 is u' cross-section of Fig. l on the line 9-2; Figs. 3, l, 6, i', are views similar to Fig. 1 showing modifications of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a. turbine pump discharging water upwardly through n fusing composed of casilw sections 2 connected by couplings 3, (only one couplingr being here shown) and nrounda shaft comprising shaft sections 4 connected by couplings (3. Suid shuft sections l are guided in beni-ings 7, 8, supported by arms E), lll. For the purpose of lowering, und ut the same time cquulizing, the pressure around the shaft nt the ends of euch bourrin there ure centrifugal devices, either sec'ire to the shaft or revolving loosely around it.

ln Fig. 1, these devices l2 nre shown as hollow rustrgi of concs having openings i3 through thel uide parrts of said cones, the nur-row palits'of the cones surrounding the ends of bheheuring. It will be evident that, as Suid. contrifur il devices 'rotate with the shaft, uny u'ntr'in that muy 'center seid de` vices will. by L oentril'ugzill foros, escupe through the opni'ligsli,'rind will be revented from passing bctivceri the shnftyannd the hearing. Moreover. il the two devices ut opposite ends of the ben-ring nre of the sume size und form, the reduction in pressure will be substantially the sement both ends, und consequently there will be no flow of waiter from one end to another in the hearing. Also, any sand that muy pass ywith water between the outer surface of 1either end o f the bearing und the narrow' portion of the surrounding conc will be projected by the centrifugal device through un opening 13 therein, und prevented from passing between the shaft und the bearing.

" th'o furin ul' thc inwntiun shown in Fig. 3 the shuft is ini-losvd iu i; lignulnvit hwu'in'r I4. lwurroundwl hy n nwtnl sleeve 15. l'lnl m-ntrifugul deviens 12" nrc here shuwn zu; i'lylindrii-ul, und ns hurling rudinll\A diri'rlwl i'ih` ux' i'zlnrsx lT",

ln'the fin-1n nt liuA iuvrnliun shnu'n in Fig. -l thv fi'unlri'l'ug'nl ihvhus l, uw in the form ni' ilish` ll) lulving rigidly vxlundiug' ribs 01' vani-s lull ri'unncti-il lu :l unllnr 1U surrounding; ilu* univr und nl' thu nutul slucvu 1U.

in the furni nlI thc inwntiun shuu'n in Fig. 5 thiA shnl'l is nrrungi-d lunizunlnlly und the vcntii'ifugnl dwicv 12" ut mush 0nd of the hearing minprisvs n dish 2U having: :L huh 2l secured ln thu shnl't :1nd huvin.r intvgrnl therewith rndiullv oxtvndiugf rihs 22, whii-h ribs nru nlsn l'mnu-d integral with u disk 23 1n thvA furln nl' thv inwnlinn shuuingin Fig. li, [lux ri-nlrilngnl dvvivis l2 nu huis@ around thv Slml'l, und urirulntud by tlu movement of thiA unimruhuun. lhu-h unn- Sists of u dish L'l' l"urrmunlinlg ilushufL, n LUilsu 2 surrwunding thu lil-airing. :unl lwli- ('ul blades 1S mnnwlvd :il tlwir vudn` in Suid disk und 'nllnr,

In thu lfnrin (if llujnwntinn .shuu'n in Vig. 7,1;hu centrifugal dm'iuw l2' iirv inchisd by housings 2l), @zich secured :it onu 0nd tu the bearingrv 3l) und :it the other ond cuntrnilerl und spaced from the shaft. niph by- ]msses :il uw formed in the honi-lng; und,

should any tendency tu circulate exist, thu

flow would follow the liuc 0f lernst resist ance, that is, through the by-pusscsunll not along the shaft.

haringr :l huh 2l uurrmnuling thi,l :uljxu-ilnt.l vnd of thi.- livin-ing.

ll is uln'iuus that u single centrifugal devh-u nt nuvnd of thil heuringr will produce n rapid virrulutiun nl' u'ntrr through thu lmnrini! tu unid delico. ll two surh devices nl dill'vruul diunwlvrs un` vmpluyvd :lt oppu- .Hilu unds nl' ilu lwnring. llu'y will |irmhuc u ririnlnliun nl' wntvr tuu'urd thiI wnlrifugul dm'im nl' Ill-ruim' iliuiiwll'l.

Thi uso ul' runhil'ugnl derives nt thu beuringrs in the disvhurg'u vulunln uf pulnpsuill not liu puuur-nlmnrlling; nn thv runlrnly, uurh sm'h durh'v urls to sinne lxllnt HS :l .sn-fullcd "luustrr-punip".

.\ll nl' [hu luvii-vs und nl'raingmnvuts huruin illnsllnlid und dvscrihud muy he vuricd in nanny nys without duparting.r from cheI :inrit :1nd :ai-inn' ui' my irwcntinn.

l. Mvnus for plvventing uuui 0n u huuringr innnvrsud in n Huid containing foreign nmttm mnlprisingr 'rntrifugul devices at the rcslwcli\'e ululs uf the bearing equalizing the {'lnid prvssurv nt said ends.

2. Menus for preventing Weur on n beuring inunersed in n fluid containing foreign mutter, comprising means for equulizing the fluid pressures at the ends of the bearing.

ROBERT SGHORR. 

